What do you want , woman ?     [ A story by sahil Sharifdin Ëñglísh ]   '' What do you want , woman ? '' , a man asked .   The woman opened her mouth : I want my rights and freedom . When I am born , my parents become sad . I should be given the right to take birth . There are no schools for me . I should be given the right to attend school. There are more rules than the items of dress available for me . I should be left alone when it comes to put on and take off my clothes . I like some boys and some I dislike. I should be given the right to pick the boys of my choice and be in live-in relationships with them   . I will not appear again and again on this planet . This life is a one time chance . I should be given the right to drive . I should be given the right to vote .   I should be given the right to gossip . I should be saved from domestic , social , national and international violence.   I should be given the right to smoke and drink and nobody sho

 My father and our strangely  happy family  [A bio sketch by sahil sharifdin English ]  My father never said ''I LOVE YOU '' to me . I don't remember any such occasion . He never ordered me to do any manual work inside or outside home. I don't know why ?  He never talked about the things in which I failed or succeeded. He never entered my room without knocking first. He never questioned my abilities or weaknesses. He financed me to obtain about half a dozen degrees in education. He himself has never been to colleges and universities.  Well , socially and economically, he may not be the world's best father . But , he is definitely one of the world's best fathers in case of love , care and unconditional support. I wish he would sometimes shout at me and rebuke me ! He is an angel . Whenever I delay sometimes to enter our kitchen for having tea , lunch or dinner , he brings the food  to my room. That makes me  feel the world's most shameless son. I wa

  Fighting confusions, depressions and distractions (By SAHIL SHARIFDIN ENGLISH ) You all need to learn how to live peacefully and happily on the planet earth . You have to write down a set of principles and then follow them , otherwise, you will keep floating aimlessly like a boat at the mercy of the   wind on the surface of a stormy ocean . If you look back at the activities you have been indulging in for the last six months , you will have no problem concluding that you are probably no different from a certified mad person.   You know why , sometimes you pray, sometimes you watch movies , sometimes you desire to have branded items, sometimes you want to live a very simple life , sometimes you copy others , sometimes you watch motivational videos , sometimes you try to guide others,   sometimes you feel proud of yourself and sometimes you curse yourself. It happens with you only because you are operating yourself without having any proper manual . Therefore, sit down for a

  Major Religions and languages of kashmir [By Sahil Sharifdin Ëñglísh ] 1] The people of kashmir were doing  Snake worshipping  upto 800 B. C. and they  were speaking  local   languages  which are dead now . 2] They practiced  Hinduism  [800 B. C. –250 B.C.] and spoke  Sanskrit . 3] They practiced  Hinduism  and  Buddhism  [250 B.C. – 1339 A.D. ] and continued  speaking Sanskrit. 4]They have been practicing  Islam  since 1339 A. D   and they have been speaking the following languages officially:   I] Sanskrit upto 1450 A.D II]  Persian  [ 1450 A.D. –1889 ] III]  Urdu   [1889 – 2020  ] IV]  Now, there are five official languages in Kashmir :  kashmiri ,  Dogri ,  Hindi  ,  Urdu  and  English . *  Lalitaditya  [724- 760 A.D.] :He was a great kashmiri king who ruled kashmir,  North India , parts of South India , parts of central Asia and Afghanistan for a short period of time. However, Indian historians ignored him out of some unknown grudge . Some of them even don't mention him.   *

  Atheism, suicide and hypocrisy [By sahil Sharifdin English] (Approximately 1000 words ) The boldest people believe mostly in self-help.   The ordinary people turn to pirs , gurus , black magic , religion , God etc when they fail or feel to fail   in acquiring love , respect , Job , health , peace , entertainment etc with their personal merit in the expensive market of the world.   The logical people turn away from pirs , gurus , black magic , religion , God etc after seeing no   immediate results from such practices and beliefs.   Everyone seems to be right at his own place but a true believer in God will be safe from suicide, immorality, depression and from practicing injustice as he/she   holds God responsible for anything good or bad happening to him/her.   On the contrary, a disbeliever in God holds himself/herself responsible for all his/her failures ,hence they fall in depression and commit suicide.        First stage of Atheism Atheism was considered ju

Daughter Fatima, Ali has come to ask for your hand  ...?  Fatima Bint Muhammad (RA) and her sisters arrived in Madinah  rejoicing that they were finally reunited with their father after he [the Prophet ﷺ ] had left for Madinah all alone  and in the dark of a night. By this time, Fatima was a beautiful woman of eighteen,  full of energy and passion and with a personality that matched her father more than anyone else. This did not go unnoticed and many men started to come forward to ask for her hand in marriage. First of all,  Abu Bakr arrived , and he was kindly refused by the Prophet ﷺ .   Then came Umar, who was also kindly refused by the Prophet ﷺ. Consequently, Umar  went to Ali and suggested that he should ask for Fatima’s (RA) hand. Ali was very much in love with her. However, Ali did not think that the Prophet ﷺ would accept his proposal for his most beloved daughter  as he was very poor and most importantly he had  seen  that the proposals of the two wealthy  Companions had alre

T he story of  a smart daughter [ By Sahil Sharifdin Ëñglísh ]   Once a so called modern man was drinking alcohol late at night . He had a ten year old daughter . She woke up from sleep and found her father drinking alcohol . She went to him and asked:  '' Father , why do you drink it ? It has a nasty Smell and  it is not drunk by muslims .  I read it recently from my school textbook. ''  The father smiled and replied : ''  My daughter, remember  one thing : live always the life of your choice if you want to live a happy life . Ignore what people and  books say . ''  The daughter was smart . She asked him to let her drink alcohol too as she too wanted to enjoy it . The colour of the father's face changed . He took a long breath before saying that she could not enjoy  alcohol until she was eighteen years old. The daughter asked :  '' Who has ordered that girls could not drink it until they are eighteen ? ''  The father answered that t

  Mystery solved . The confusions regarding '’ The Adventure '’ by Jayant Narlikar solved by Sahil Sharifdin Ëñglísh   The chapter titled ''The Adventure'' is confusing the students and ordinary teachers equally. The reason is that it describes an unusual and unbelievable journey undertaken by a history professor named Gangadharpant . The second reason is that the chapter is comprised upon two   parts . The textbook , Hornbill contains only the second part and the part one that deals with the nature and habits of the professor Gaitonde [ Gangadharpant ] , his truck accident and hospitalisation   has not been included in it [ in Hornbill] . The step wise   summary of the   part two of The Adventure is given below in the easiest words possible :   ( Professor Gaitonde has come out of coma and now he is on a bed and narrating an unbelievable and strange story to Dr Rajendra at a hospital in Pune . Remember, he had had a truck accident and had been in co

 Reading material and syllabus for NET/SET/GATE (2021) suggested by SAHIL SHARIFDIN Ëñglísh  A)Topics 1 .History of English Literature 2.English Poetry (1400-2020 ) 3.Eng Novel (1740-2020 ) 4.Eng DRAMA (1562-2020 ) 5.Non-fiction (1500-2020 ) 6.Linguistics 7.General grammar 8.Thirty schools of Criticism 9.Literary terms 10.Mythology 11.Non-British and world literature 12.Literary movments 13.Popular literary quotes 14.Literary awards 15.Literary journals 16.Literary genres and famous rhyme schmes 17.History of English language from Celts to Victoria 18.Language teaching methods 19.Theatre, cinema, Indian aesthetics, movies, translated literature and fantasy literature 20.Pseudonyms,titles and alias 21. Methods and techniques of translation (B)Important books  1.Trueman's UGC NET paper A 2.The Norton anthology of English Literature 3.History of English Literature (Andrew series, Rutledge series, Cambridge series) 4.A critical history of English Li

Books suggested by sahil Sharifdin Bhat To understand the world, read. To understand yourself, write.  A List of the 110 Greatest Books in Human History  ''These books delve into various disciplines, offering profound insights, expanding knowledge, and shaping our understanding of the world and ourselves. They have left an indelible mark on human history and continue to be celebrated for their significance and impact. They must be in your library. '' Religion: 1. "The Qur'an" (Koran) 2. "The Bible" (Old and New Testaments)  3. "The Bhagavad Gita" 4. "The Analects" by Confucius 5. "The Dao De Jing" by Laozi (Lao Tzu) 6. "The Tibetan Book of the Dead" 7. "The Dhammapada" 8. "The Book of Mormon" 9. "The Confessions" by Saint Augustine 10. "Mere Christianity" by C.S. Lewis Politics: 11. "The Republic" by Plato 12. "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli 13